1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Naye Yosia akamfanyia Bwana pasaka huko Yerusalemu; wakachinja pasaka siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa kwanza.
2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
Akawasimamisha makuhani katika malinzi yao, akawatia moyo kufanya utumishi wa nyumba ya Bwana.
3 and said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
Akawaambia Walawi, waliowafundisha Israeli wote, waliotakasika kwa Bwana, Wekeni sanduku takatifu katika nyumba aliyoijenga Sulemani, mwana wa Daudi, mfalme wa Israeli; hamtakuwa tena na mzigo mabegani; sasa mtumikieni Bwana, Mungu wenu, na watu wake Israeli.
4 and prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
Mkajiweke tayari kwa kadiri ya nyumba za baba zenu, kwa zamu zenu, kama alivyoandika Daudi mfalme wa Israeli, na kama alivyoandika Sulemani mwanawe.
5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
Mkasimame katika patakatifu, kama walivyogawanyika ndugu zenu, wana wa watu, kufuata nyumba za mababa, kadiri ya mgawanyiko wa kila nyumba ya baba, ya Walawi.
6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Mkachinje pasaka, mkajitakase, mkawatengenezee ndugu zenu, kutenda sawasawa na neno la Bwana kwa mkono wa Musa.
7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
Tena Yosia akawapa wana wa watu, matoleo ya makundi, wana-kondoo na wana-mbuzi, yote yawe kwa ajili ya matoleo ya pasaka, wote waliokuwako, wakipata thelathini elfu, na ng'ombe elfu tatu; hao walitoka katika mali za mfalme.
8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle , and three hundred oxen.
Na wakuu wake wakawapa watu, na makuhani na Walawi matoleo ya hiari. Hilkia na wana na Yehieli, wakubwa wa nyumba ya Mungu, wakawapa makuhani, kuwa matoleo ya pasaka, wana-kondoo elfu mbili na mia sita, na ng'ombe mia tatu.
9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle , and five hundred oxen.
Konania naye, na Shemaya, na Nethaneli, ndugu zake, na Hashabia, na Yeieli, na Yozabadi, wakuu wa Walawi, wakawapa Walawi, kuwa matoleo ya pasaka, wana-kondoo elfu tano, na ng'ombe mia tano.
10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
Hivyo huduma ikatengenezwa, wakasimama makuhani mahali pao, na Walawi kwa zamu zao, kama alivyoamuru mfalme.
11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them .
Wakachinja pasaka, nao makuhani wakamimina damu waliyopokea mikononi mwao, Walawi wakachuna.
12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
Wakaziondoa sadaka za kuteketezwa, wawape wana wa watu, kama walivyogawanyika kufuata nyumba za mababa, ili wamtolee Bwana, kama ilivyoandikwa katika kitabu cha Musa. Nao ng'ombe wakawafanya vivyo hivyo.
13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
Wakaioka moto pasaka kama ilivyo sheria; wakatokosa matoleo matakatifu vyunguni, na masufuriani, na makaangoni, wakawachukulia upesi wana wa watu wote.
14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
Baadaye wakajiandalia wenyewe, na makuhani; kwa sababu makuhani, wana wa Haruni, walikuwa na kazi ya kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa, na mafuta hata usiku; kwa hiyo Walawi wakajiandalia wenyewe, na makuhani, wana wa Haruni.
15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
Nao waimbaji, wana wa Asafu wakasimama mahali pao, kama alivyoamuru Daudi, na Asafu, na Hemani, na Yeduthuni mwonaji wa mfalme; nao mabawabu walikuwa katika kila lango; hawakuhitaji kuondoka katika huduma yao, kwa kuwa ndugu zao Walawi wakawaandalia.
16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Basi huduma yote ya Bwana ikatengenezwa siku ile ile, kuifanya pasaka, na kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu ya Bwana, kama alivyoamuru mfalme Yosia.
17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
Wana wa Israeli waliokuwapo wakafanya pasaka wakati ule, na sikukuu ya mikate isiyochachwa muda wa siku saba.
18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Wala haikufanyika pasaka kama ile katika Israeli tangu siku za nabii Samweli; wala wafalme wa Israeli hawakufanya hata mmoja wao pasaka kama ile Yosia aliyoifanya, pamoja na makuhani, na Walawi, na Yuda wote na Israeli waliokuwapo, na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu.
19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
Katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa kutawala kwake Yosia ikafanyika pasaka hiyo.
Death of Josiah
20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
Baada ya hayo yote, alipokwisha Yosia kulitengeneza hekalu, Neko, mfalme wa Misri, akakwea ili kupigana Karkemishi karibu na Frati; naye Yosia akatoka juu yake.
21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Lakini yeye akatuma kwake wajumbe, kusema, Ni nini niliyo nayo mimi na wewe, Ee mfalme wa Yuda? Sikuja juu yako leo, lakini juu ya nyumba niliyo na vita nayo; naye Mungu ameniamuru nifanye haraka; acha basi kumpinga Mungu, aliye pamoja nami, asikuharibu.
22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Walakini Yosia hakukubali kumgeuzia uso mbali, akajibadilisha apate kupigana naye, asiyasikilize maneno ya Neko, yaliyotoka kinywani kwa Mungu, akaja kupigana bondeni mwa Megido.
23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
Nao wapiga upinde wakampiga Yosia; naye mfalme akawaambia watumishi wake, Niondoeni; kwani nimejeruhiwa sana.
24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Basi watumishi wake wakamtoa garini, wakamtia katika gari la pili alilokuwa nalo, wakamleta Yerusalemu; naye akafa, akazikwa makaburini mwa babaze. Wakamlilia Yosia Yuda wote na Yerusalemu.
25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Naye Yeremia akamlilia Yosia; na waimbaji wote waume kwa wake wakamtaja Yosia katika maombolezo yao, hata leo; hata wakayafanya kuwa ada kwa Israeli; nayo, tazama, yameandikwa katika maombolezo.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
Basi mambo yote ya Yosia yaliyosalia, na matendo yake mema, sawasawa na yote yaliyoandikwa katika torati ya Bwana,
27 and his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
na mambo yake, ya kwanza na ya mwisho, tazama, yameandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli na Yuda.
